Until 1 January 2007 Hashøj Municipality was a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in the former

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, on southwest

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, in eastern

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. The municipality covered an area of 130.75 km², and had a total population of 6,681 (2006). Its last mayor was Troels Christensen, a member of the Venstre party. Hashøj Municipality bordered

Skælskør Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Skælskør Municipality was a municipality (Danish language, Danish: ''List of municipalities of Denmark (1970–2006), kommune'') in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in easter ...

to the south,

Korsør Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Korsør Municipality was a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in the former West Zealand County, on the southwestern coast of the island of Zealand, in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 74.25 km2, and h ...

to the west, Slagelse Municipality to the north,

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History

In the Middle Ages, when Denmark was divided into hundreds, the area of Hashøj Municipality were under Vester Flakkebjerg Hundred and Slagelse Hundred. Vester Flakkebjerg Hundred was under

Sorø County Sorø () is a town in Sorø municipality on the island of Zealand in east Denmark with a population of 8,433 (2025).Korsør County Korsør is a town in Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Slagelse Municipality. Until 2007 Korsør was the seat of Korsør Municipality. The town is located west of Slagelse, north-west of Skælskør and connects to Nyborg through the Great Bel ...

. Sorø County was merged with Ringsted County in 1748. It was merged again in 1798, this time with Korsør County and

Antvorskov County Antvorskov Monastery (Danish: ''Antvorskov Kloster'') was the principal Scandinavian monastery of the Catholic Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, located about one kilometer south of the town of Slagelse on Zealand, Denmark. It served as the Scand ...

. This county lasted until the

1970 Danish Municipal Reform The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform was an extensive administrative reform in Denmark which on 1 April 1970 reduced the number of Danish municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolished the last le ...

where it merged with

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(Danish: ''Vestsjællands Amt''). After the 2007 municipal reform this changed to

. From 1842, where parish municipalities were created, and until 1966 the area of Hashøj Municipality consisted of seven parish municipalities. They were merged in 1966 to form Hashøj Parish Municipality which would turn into Hashøj Municipality in 1970. In the Municipality Reform of 2007 Hashøj Municipality was merged with Skælskør, Slagelse and Korsør Municipality to form a new Slagelse Municipality.

Historical divisions

Mayors

Since the creation of the municipality in 1970 and until it was dissolved in 2007, the mayors of Hashøj Municipality were:

Towns

The main town of the municipality was Dalmose, with Sørbymagle being of approximately the same size. Each town housed around 15% of the municipality's population. Over half of the population lived in rural areas and small villages. The remaining population lived in Slots Bjergby and Flakkebjerg. Notable smaller villages in the municipality include Lundforlund, Gerlev, Skørpinge, Hyllested, and Kirkerup. Dalmose was located in the southern part of the municipality, while Sørbymagle was located in the northeastern part of the municipality. A train station was located in Dalmose between 1892 and 1971. Below are the populations from 2006 of the four larger settlements of the municipality.Statistikbanken.dk
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Politics

Municipal council

Below are the municipal council elected from the municipality's creation in 1970 and until 2001, which was the last election before the municipality was dissolved.

Parishes

The municipality consisted of twelve parishes and twelve churches. * Flakkebjerg Parish ( Flakkebjerg Church) * Fårdrup Parish ( Fårdrup Church) * Gerlev Parish (

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) * Gimlinge Parish ( Gimlinge Church) * Hyllested Parish ( Hyllested Church) * Høve Parish ( Høve Church) * Kirkerup Parish ( Kirkerup Church) * Lundforlund Parish ( Lundforlund Church) * Slots Bjergby Parish ( Slots Bjergby Church) * Sludstrup Parish ( Sludstrup Church) * Skørpinge Parish ( Skørpinge Church) * Sørbymagle Parish ( Sørbymagle Church)

Symbols

The coat of arms of Hashøj Municipality depicted a horse. A diagonal line ran through the coat of arms, with the colors reversing on either side. On the upper half the horse was red and the background was grey. On the lower half this was reversed, with the horse being grey and the background red. An alternate version of the coat of arms featured white colour instead of grey.

References

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